Paragraph 4

in subsection (2) for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(c)

the Salvage Convention, 1989;

(ca)

any contract for or in relation to salvage services;”; and

after subsection (7) there shall be added the following subsection—

“(8)

In—

(a)

paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above, the “Salvage Convention, 1989” means the International Convention on Salvage 1989 as it has effect under section 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994;

(b)

paragraph (ca) of that subsection, the reference to salvage services includes services rendered in saving life from a ship and the reference to any claim arising out of any contract for or in relation to salvage services includes any claim arising out of such a contract whether or not arising during the provision of such services,

and the claims mentioned in subsections (2)(c) and (ca) shall be construed as including claims available by virtue of section 87 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982.”